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Evergreen forest, very near the Salish Sea
Elevation 13 ft

~60 F, clear, still

Creek bottom with THUPLI, ACEMAC, ALNRUB overstory

Nearby species: Athyrium filix-femina, Polystichum munitum, Equisetum talmateia, Plagiomnium insigne, , Rubus parviflorus, Rubus spectabilis, Ranunculus repens, Lysichiton americanus, Oplopanax horridus

Substrate: mineral soil near stream

Features: simple thalloid liverwort with sleeve-like lobes in the middle of the thallus which I think indicate it is the female gametophyte. Margin mostly entire but wavy. Rhizoids are all smooth walled. Cells lack air channels and have many small oil bodies. Slime filaments are 2-celled (last two photos).